Which metro area has the lowest average commute?

Nantucket, MA ranks #1 with 10.3 (2010 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by average commute?

Nantucket, MA, Laramie, WY, Huron, SD, Pierre, SD, Vernon, TX.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2010 ACS 5-year data.

How is average commute measured?

Mean travel time to work, one way, in minutes. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2010).

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Shortest commutes, US metro areas · 2010

US metro areas with the shortest mean travel time to work (2023 ACS).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAVERAGE COMMUTEVS 2000

501Brevard, NCNC34,21121.5+41%

502Bellefontaine, OHOH46,30221.5+44%

503Fayetteville, NCNC395,41221.5+53%

504LaGrange, GAGA107,09721.5+52%

505Corbin, KYKY150,04021.5+26%

506Boise City, IDID864,24321.5+64%

507Kingsland, GAGA60,14321.5+42%

508Evanston, WYWY23,41521.5+23%

509Terre Haute, ININ169,24121.6+50%

510Burlington, VTVT227,80321.6+52%

511Menomonie, WIWI46,22321.6+38%

512Batavia, NYNY58,41621.6+37%

513Grenada, MSMS30,22221.6+41%

514Campbellsville, KYKY38,40721.6+21%

515Huntsville, ALAL556,44421.6+59%

516Youngstown, OHOH423,67821.6+58%

517Bay City, TXTX36,46321.6+26%

518Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,64521.6+55%

519Spokane, WAWA608,01221.7+58%

520Cadillac, MIMI49,71921.7+42%

521Seneca Falls, NYNY32,88321.7+31%

522Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,55221.7+42%

523Springfield, OHOH135,34021.7+54%

524Boulder, COCO328,56021.7+45%

525Victoria, TXTX99,86421.7+43%

526Sebastian, FLFL172,79921.7+69%

527Harrisburg, PAPA617,42721.7+51%

528Ottawa, ILIL145,90221.7+32%

529Andrews, TXTX18,91421.7+23%

530Greenwood, SCSC95,21521.7+50%

531Coldwater, MIMI45,99321.7+52%

532Lynchburg, VAVA269,16921.7+46%

533Kingsport, TNTN314,83421.7+47%

534Plymouth, ININ46,59921.7+43%

535Norwalk, OHOH58,25021.7+57%

536Greensboro, NCNC805,94521.7+52%

537Santa Fe, NMNM156,90721.7+42%

538Anchorage, AKAK405,82121.8+41%

539Roanoke, VAVA316,54721.8+56%

540Bowling Green, KYKY197,18021.8+42%

541Goldsboro, NCNC122,27821.8+50%

542St. Simons, GAGA118,52421.8+42%

543Ashland, OHOH52,52321.8+48%

544Florence, SCSC201,39221.8+41%

545Hickory, NCNC376,89021.8+63%

546Show Low, AZAZ109,94621.8+30%

547Statesboro, GAGA97,97721.8+32%

548Monroe, LALA222,39021.8+49%

549Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85021.8+36%

550Cleveland, TNTN134,05721.8+48%

551Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,49721.8+33%

552Decatur, ININ36,65021.8+36%

553Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21121.8+44%

554Frankfort, ININ33,32221.9+58%

555Lancaster, PAPA563,15921.9+55%

556Springfield, MOMO500,69421.9+55%

557Brigham City, UTUT70,40521.9+35%

558Fort Collins, COCO377,29222.0+48%

559Moultrie, GAGA47,43822.0+44%

560Canton, OHOH400,24622.0+54%

561Salinas, CACA433,72922.0+38%

562Beatrice, NENE21,71122.0+61%

563Searcy, ARAR80,08522.0+25%

564Faribault, MNMN69,93922.0+44%

565Sturgis, MIMI60,96822.0+56%

566Burlington, NCNC186,17722.0+55%

567Sebring, FLFL111,12222.0+47%

568Springfield, MAMA464,33822.0+56%

569Alma, MIMI41,19022.0+34%

570Greenville, SCSC1,014,10122.0+52%

571Little Rock, ARAR777,60722.0+45%

572Panama City, FLFL231,17422.0+51%

573Alice, TXTX45,38322.1+23%

574Vidalia, GAGA36,18022.1+41%

575Lake Charles, LALA244,65522.1+55%

576Gaffney, SCSC58,27522.1+46%

577Winston-Salem, NCNC712,20622.1+53%

578Tallahassee, FLFL397,44222.1+42%

579Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,01022.1+62%

580Albany, NYNY915,83522.1+54%

581Oxford, ALAL115,83422.1+44%

582Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,37722.2+53%

583Albany, OROR132,84322.2+45%

584Sanford, NCNC70,25822.2+27%

585Hinesville, GAGA91,87022.2+39%

586Colorado Springs, COCO781,79622.2+53%

587Fresno, CACA1,203,38322.2+49%

588Waycross, GAGA57,67022.3+49%

589Spartanburg, SCSC407,65622.3+54%

590Wilmington, NCNC492,77222.3+50%

591Marietta, OHOH58,38922.3+51%

592Peru, ININ34,48722.3+53%

593Johnstown, PAPA128,96822.3+50%

594Gainesville, FLFL359,03622.3+49%

595Rome, GAGA101,37822.3+40%

596Rock Springs, WYWY41,26722.3+40%

597Cornelia, GAGA50,41622.3+36%

598Huntsville, TXTX83,84222.3+40%

599Hot Springs, ARAR99,69522.3+57%

600Waynesville, NCNC63,36922.3+46%

601Kinston, NCNC55,83722.3+42%

602Beaver Dam, WIWI89,09722.4+50%

603Gallup, NMNM68,11922.4+29%

604Selinsgrove, PAPA39,65522.4+44%

605El Paso, TXTX881,29122.4+61%

606Summerville, GAGA25,30022.4+32%

607Augusta, MEME129,06722.4+42%

608Somerset, KYKY67,38422.4+50%

609Salisbury, MDMD131,87222.4+56%

610Harrison, ARAR45,65422.4+37%

611Charleston, WVWV200,17022.4+40%

612Las Vegas, NMNM30,31122.4+13%

613Ogden, UTUT672,78422.4+49%

614Morristown, TNTN128,86722.5+44%

615Jacksonville, NCNC217,17522.5+56%

616Red Wing, MNMN48,19522.5+45%

617Lebanon, PAPA146,38022.5+54%

618Gloversville, NYNY52,21622.5+35%

619Pinehurst, NCNC110,61922.5+48%

620Centralia, ILIL36,38222.5+64%

621North Port, FLFL948,15822.5+55%

622Kendallville, ININ47,93722.6+54%

623Montgomery, ALAL388,74722.6+54%

624New Iberia, LALA66,84622.6+49%

625Washington, ININ34,20922.6+31%

626Sunbury, PAPA107,78822.6+48%

627Thomasville, GAGA72,95822.6+56%

628Ocean Pines, MDMD54,45922.6+47%

629Marion, NCNC45,19822.6+37%

630Shelby, NCNC103,32522.6+42%

631Savannah, GAGA438,31422.6+45%

632Ann Arbor, MIMI370,21422.6+56%

633Morgan City, LALA46,55222.6+67%

634Orangeburg, SCSC83,17722.7+22%

635Sayre, PAPA59,60022.7+47%

636Chattanooga, TNTN594,53022.7+50%

637Red Bluff, CACA64,66522.7+48%

638Longview, TXTX297,31522.7+54%

639Kansas City, MOMO2,270,68222.7+53%

640Lebanon, NHNH224,50022.7+50%

641Monticello, ININ25,16422.7+48%

642Dublin, GAGA60,35122.7+38%

643Mayfield, KYKY37,05022.7+48%

644Somerset, PAPA72,00422.8+48%

645Alexandria, LALA147,95222.8+43%

646Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,55322.8+48%

647Racine, WIWI198,91922.8+53%

648Amherst, MAMA164,06522.8+54%

649Charlottesville, VAVA228,59722.8+51%

650Akron, OHOH701,78022.8+53%

651Urbana, OHOH38,82022.8+34%

652Lewiston, MEME116,48722.9+44%

653Coshocton, OHOH37,18822.9+48%

654Wheeling, WVWV134,08922.9+49%

655Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79122.9+20%

656Danville, VAVA101,13722.9+52%

657Watertown, WIWI86,50522.9+53%

658Salem, OROR445,81422.9+42%

659Durham, NCNC625,48522.9+55%

660Heber, UTUT81,65523.0+27%

661Tahlequah, OKOK49,19623.0+26%

662Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02523.0+36%

663Atlantic City, NJNJ372,04723.0+46%

664Knoxville, TNTN968,13723.0+47%

665Winchester, TNTN45,57923.0+40%

666Augusta, GAGA641,23123.0+46%

667Clarksville, TNTN349,00123.1+39%

668Indiana, PAPA82,87823.1+37%

669Forest City, NCNC65,74523.1+55%

670Huntington, WVWV365,96523.1+40%

671Fort Payne, ALAL74,08523.1+43%

672Henderson, NCNC42,63823.1+43%

673Columbus, OHOH2,242,02823.2+51%

674Shawano, WIWI45,75923.2+46%

675Louisville, KYKY1,402,50923.2+58%

676Florence, ALAL156,60923.2+47%

677Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,15423.2+40%

678Natchez, MSMS54,72223.2+41%

679Bakersfield, CACA927,06823.2+48%

680Greeneville, TNTN73,83123.2+63%

681Washington Court House, OHOH28,55223.2+27%

682Jackson, MIMI159,55223.2+47%

683Tullahoma, TNTN69,33923.2+46%

684Weirton, WVWV112,46823.2+53%

685Kankakee, ILIL105,52523.3+36%

686Greenville, OHOH51,52023.3+50%

687Morehead City, NCNC70,46923.3+49%

688Big Rapids, MIMI42,32023.3+26%

689Chambersburg, PAPA160,65223.3+47%

690Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01423.3+49%

691Corsicana, TXTX57,18123.3+21%

692Athens, TNTN71,59023.4+34%

693Rockford, ILIL337,24223.4+64%

694Pikeville, KYKY89,12223.4+25%

695Holland, MIMI123,18823.4+56%

696Cookeville, TNTN152,47723.4+59%

697Crestview, FLFL315,09823.4+44%

698Eufaula, ALAL26,86123.5+47%

699Cañon City, COCO50,03923.5+31%

700Seaford, DEDE277,14023.5+47%

701Punta Gorda, FLFL217,21223.5+46%

702Lumberton, NCNC119,94123.5+31%

703Columbia, SCSC879,91823.5+48%

704Elizabeth City, NCNC42,20123.6+31%

705Naples, FLFL417,13123.6+49%

706Longview, WAWA114,88523.6+58%

707Decatur, ALAL160,32623.6+50%

708Morgantown, WVWV141,99523.6+50%

709Bluefield, WVWV96,13823.6+36%

710Lock Haven, PAPA37,87023.6+43%

711Gadsden, ALAL103,88623.6+45%

712Sherman, TXTX153,61323.6+31%

713North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,23323.6+46%

714Palm Bay, FLFL663,98223.6+48%

715Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,21323.6+52%

716Reading, PAPA440,07223.6+57%

717Portland, MEME577,63523.7+51%

718Calhoun, GAGA61,70123.7+54%

719Shawnee, OKOK75,10223.7+29%

720Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91223.7+29%

721Alexander City, ALAL40,95323.7+34%

722Jackson, MSMS609,84723.7+50%

723Cumberland, MDMD93,64023.8+43%

724Cambridge, OHOH38,37923.8+42%

725Ottawa, KSKS26,29923.8+22%

726Glens Falls, NYNY124,37323.8+45%

727Palestine, TXTX59,80523.8+51%

728Zanesville, OHOH87,01423.9+35%

729Sandpoint, IDID54,42023.9+25%

730Barnstable, MAMA233,53923.9+40%

731New Orleans, LALA970,84923.9+40%

732McMinnville, TNTN43,71723.9+48%

733Albuquerque, NMNM925,27923.9+58%

734Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68523.9+57%

735Memphis, TNTN1,341,41223.9+50%

736Providence, RIRI1,708,16123.9+48%

737Newberry, SCSC39,56124.0+32%

738Pensacola, FLFL544,94924.0+51%

739Thomaston, GAGA28,50024.0+33%

740The Villages, FLFL157,77224.0+13%

741Richmond, VAVA1,389,33824.0+52%

742Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,85824.0+52%

743Crossville, TNTN66,30024.0+56%

744Connersville, ININ23,53324.0+47%

745Salem, OHOH99,37724.0+52%

746Cleveland, OHOH2,165,77524.1+55%

747Laurel, MSMS82,28124.1+57%

748Gulfport, MSMS431,32924.1+51%

749Mobile, ALAL411,65824.1+49%

750Indianapolis, ININ2,205,69524.1+56%

751Amsterdam, NYNY50,04624.1+45%

752Napa, CACA132,94924.1+35%

753Truckee, CACA101,91124.1+31%

754Vineland, NJNJ157,14824.1+46%

755Aberdeen, WAWA78,14424.2+49%

756Dover, DEDE194,78624.2+50%

757DuBois, PAPA78,10024.2+42%

758Danville, KYKY56,98524.2+46%

759Whitewater, WIWI106,12724.3+41%

760El Campo, TXTX42,06024.3+32%

761Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,22624.3+63%

762Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,29524.4+60%

763Easton, MDMD38,23824.4+51%

764Albertville, ALAL103,53724.4+39%

765Rochelle, ILIL51,39924.4+53%

766San Jose, CACA1,984,47324.4+36%

767Russellville, ALAL32,44924.4+41%

768Laconia, NHNH65,14724.4+36%

769Charleston, SCSC889,26324.5+52%

770Ocala, FLFL442,66024.5+46%

771San Diego, CACA3,282,24824.6+47%

772Portsmouth, OHOH71,36524.6+40%

773Natchitoches, LALA36,08924.6+47%

774Port Townsend, WAWA33,97024.6+31%

775Beckley, WVWV109,94024.6+27%

776Greenfield, MAMA70,69824.6+54%

777Arcadia, FLFL37,07824.7+19%

778Monroe, MIMI156,00424.7+51%

779Deltona, FLFL746,93324.7+40%

780Sevierville, TNTN101,34224.7+46%

781Selma, ALAL35,14024.7+59%

782Gallipolis, OHOH29,07224.8+30%

783Portland, OROR2,542,28224.9+54%

784Seneca, SCSC83,77524.9+63%

785Richmond, KYKY131,80624.9+30%

786St. Louis, MOMO2,814,42124.9+46%

787San Antonio, TXTX2,813,14024.9+53%

788Lafayette, LALA423,75824.9+47%

789Farmington, NMNM120,34024.9+50%

790Lacey, WAWA304,26124.9+51%

791Shelbyville, TNTN55,27325.0+43%

792Hillsdale, MIMI45,73825.0+52%

793Wilmington, OHOH42,30125.0+47%

794Cambridge, MDMD33,62825.0+47%

795Pottsville, PAPA145,08525.0+39%

796Clarksburg, WVWV88,14225.0+61%

797Santa Rosa, CACA486,44425.1+30%

798Raleigh, NCNC1,595,72025.1+43%

799Hudson, NYNY60,16825.1+43%

800Greeley, COCO378,42625.2+52%

801Concord, NHNH158,07825.2+50%

802Bedford, ININ45,56825.2+49%

803Charlotte, NCNC2,938,83025.2+44%

804Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,99225.2+46%

805Taylorville, ILIL33,44325.2+32%

806Talladega, ALAL91,76425.3+38%

807Mount Airy, NCNC72,28725.3+47%

808Fairmont, WVWV55,58425.4+58%

809Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,50025.4+44%

810Austin, TXTX2,620,94525.4+46%

811Houma, LALA199,66825.4+44%

812Lakeland, FLFL874,79025.4+48%

813Oxnard, CACA830,85125.4+42%

814Mount Vernon, WAWA132,97525.6+41%

815Gainesville, TXTX44,46125.6+28%

816Merced, CACA297,26025.6+37%

817Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,66625.6+40%

818Flint, MIMI401,09325.7+42%

819Jesup, GAGA32,48125.7+37%

820Chillicothe, OHOH76,42925.7+37%

821Santa Cruz, CACA258,85225.7+20%

822Sonora, CACA53,16025.8+40%

823Minden, LALA34,94825.8+33%

824Daphne, ALAL267,76125.8+46%

825Tampa, FLFL3,418,89525.8+47%

826Sacramento, CACA2,477,27425.8+53%

827Mount Vernon, OHOH64,00225.9+33%

828Kenosha, WIWI168,44825.9+40%

829Manchester, NHNH433,41525.9+39%

830Gainesville, GAGA226,56825.9+41%

831Oak Harbor, WAWA85,65726.0+18%

832Detroit, MIMI4,390,91326.0+46%

833Elko, NVNV56,68226.0+30%

834Cape Coral, FLFL875,60726.0+58%

835Nashville, TNTN2,197,41626.1+46%

836Centralia, WAWA88,06226.1+44%

837Birmingham, ALAL1,197,76626.1+43%

838Farmington, MOMO67,80926.1+19%

839York, PAPA473,19726.1+62%

840Albemarle, NCNC68,83026.2+37%

841Adrian, MIMI97,77926.2+45%

842Fayetteville, TNTN36,85326.2+28%

843Scottsboro, ALAL54,28126.2+34%

844Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,91426.2+57%

845Rifle, COCO80,09926.3+24%

846Hilo, HIHI210,04326.3+53%

847Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,93826.3+48%

848Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,72126.5+52%

849New Castle, ININ49,13726.5+47%

850Mount Sterling, KYKY48,42826.5+25%

851Modesto, CACA557,71926.5+42%

852Baton Rouge, LALA888,69926.6+51%

853Denver, COCO3,092,03726.6+48%

854Canton, ILIL32,90126.6+32%

855Dallas, TXTX8,477,15726.6+39%

856Greencastle, ININ37,87626.6+30%

857Okeechobee, FLFL42,60826.7+22%

858Kingston, NYNY183,33026.7+43%

859Washington, NCNC44,67026.8+52%

860Jefferson, GAGA99,26526.8+26%

861Malvern, ARAR33,45126.8+36%

862Orlando, FLFL2,957,67226.9+49%

863Newport, TNTN37,88926.9+28%

864Trenton, NJNJ399,28926.9+43%

865Cedartown, GAGA45,51426.9+21%

866Honolulu, HIHI988,70327.0+39%

867Worcester, MAMA888,50227.0+46%

868Warrensburg, MOMO56,67027.1+51%

869Monticello, NYNY80,58627.1+33%

870Opelousas, LALA80,76527.2+38%

871Allentown, PAPA887,61527.2+53%

872Gettysburg, PAPA107,59427.2+49%

873Cullman, ALAL94,00927.4+32%

874McComb, MSMS52,64027.5+52%

875Miami, FLFL6,391,07227.5+40%

876Seattle, WAWA4,161,88327.6+45%

877Huntingdon, PAPA43,00127.8+36%

878Clearlake, CACA67,77227.8+27%

879Anderson Creek, NCNC150,13727.9+31%

880Pahrump, NVNV57,33627.9+10%

881Lewisburg, TNTN38,07128.2+49%

882Houston, TXTX7,904,62728.2+37%

883Clewiston, FLFL61,54628.3+36%

884Los Angeles, CACA12,844,44128.3+38%

885Yuba City, CACA187,47828.3+48%

886Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,11828.4+43%

887Winnemucca, NVNV17,26728.4+34%

888Española, NMNM39,83228.5+28%

889Owosso, MIMI67,68128.6+42%

890Boston, MAMA5,034,22128.6+41%

891Palatka, FLFL77,73428.7+33%

892San Francisco, CACA4,630,04128.7+26%

893Hagerstown, MDMD315,28029.1+54%

894Baltimore, MDMD2,857,78129.4+41%

895Vallejo, CACA455,37629.5+20%

896Winchester, VAVA152,33229.5+41%

897Stockton, CACA823,81529.7+39%

898Bremerton, WAWA283,37429.9+32%

899Hammond, LALA141,34630.4+35%

900Brookhaven, MSMS35,01230.5+52%

901Riverside, CACA4,769,00730.5+32%

902Bonham, TXTX39,26530.5+32%

903Atlanta, GAGA6,482,18230.6+34%

904Chicago, ILIL9,434,12331.1+35%

905Bogalusa, LALA44,93731.3+39%

906DeRidder, LALA36,67331.4+41%

907Slidell, LALA279,10831.6+26%

908Athens, TXTX88,59531.6+18%

909Shelton, WAWA71,16531.8+39%

910Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,37731.9+37%

911Granbury, TXTX70,50132.1+21%

912Washington, DCDC6,465,72433.5+38%

913Picayune, MSMS59,36334.3+29%

914Lexington Park, MDMD211,17634.4+31%

915New York, NYNY20,112,44834.8+33%

916Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,08338.5+55%

917East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,17939.6+51%

918Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,80842.1+21%

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